BAY COUNTY, Fla. – After he decided against fighting the execution in court, Mark Allen Geralds was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison in the 1989 murder of a woman in Bay County.

Geralds, 58, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m., according to the Florida Department of Corrections. He was a record 18th inmate executed this year in Florida, with Frank Walls scheduled to be put to death next week in the 1987 murders of two people in Okaloosa County.

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Unlike most inmates under death warrants, Geralds waived final legal appeals. Walls is fighting his scheduled Dec. 18 execution at the Florida Supreme Court.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Nov. 7 signed a warrant for Geralds, who was convicted in the murder of Tressa Lynn Pettibone, a 33-year-old Pa

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